Get excited about Uranus (and so much more). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The solar system is overflowing with fascinating ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has created a new space science laboratory to enhance our understanding of the origins of ...

Brian Jackson (Physics) interacts with imagery from NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at “Valinor Hills” (acquired by the ...

A recent study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

This poll is now closed. Results to come soon, stay tuned! In our September 2025 issue, astronomer and Pluto mission leader S. Alan Stern explores how the field of planetary science has transformed ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The most recent Planetary Sciences Decadal Survey report, Visions and Voyages for Planetary Science 2013-2022, highlights the potential advantages of using suborbital platforms for planetary science ...

Why can’t more science be as spectacularly fast as the science to develop COVID-19 vaccines has been? In a recent piece about the slowness of clinical research for COVID treatments, Vox Media ...

The Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) is pleased to announce its 2011 prize winners: Gerard P. Kuiper Prize for outstanding contributions to the field of ...